This is an analysis of the poem My Shadow that begins with:

From Child's Garden of Verses
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb ccdd aaaa eebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0110010 11010111101101 11100101011111 101010110011001 111110111110011 010010110011101 111110101011101 1101111011100101 110111101110111 11010100110101 1110101010100101 11110111010111 11101011111101 1101010010111 111101011100101 111010111110101 11110111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, he, to are repeated.

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  • summary of My Shadow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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